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AX  ACT 


TO  IMPOSE  REGULATIONS  UPON  THE  FOREIGN  COMMERCE  OF 
THE  CONFEDERATE  STATES,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  PUBLIC 
DEFENCE. 

Whereas  the  Confederate  States  are  engaged  in  a  war,  upon  the 
successful  issue  of  which  depend  the  integrity  of  their  social  system, 
the  form  of  their  civilization,  the  security  of  life  and  property  within 
their  limits  as  well  as  their  existence  as  sovereign  and  independent 
spates :  and  whereas  the  condition  of  the  contest  demands  that  they 
should  call  into  requisition  whatever  resources  of  men  and  money 
they  have  for  the  support  of  their  cause,  and  to  faithfully  admin- 
ister the  same  :  Therefore,  as  a  part  of  the  system  of  the  public  de- 
fence — 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  exportation  of  cotton,  tobacco,  military  and  naval  stores, 
sugar,  molasses  and  rice  from  the  Confederate  States,  aud  from  all 
places  in  the  occupation  of  their  troops  ,is  prohibited,  except  under 
Such  uniform  regulations  as  shall  be  made  by  the  President  of  the 
Confederate  State-.. 

Skc.  2.  That  if  aiiy  person  or  persons  shall  put,  place  or  load,  on 
board  any  ship,  steam  boat  or  vessel,  or  any  other  water  craft,  or 
'into  any  wagon,  cart,  carriage  or  other  vehicle,  for  conveyance  or 
transportation  beyond  the  Confederate  States,  or  into  any  portion  of 
said  states  occupied  by  the  enemy,  any  of  the  articles  mentioned 
in  the  first  section  of  this  act,  or  shall  collect  the  same  for  the  pur--*, 
pose  of  being  conveyed  or  transported,  contrary  to  the  prohibition 
aforesaid,  within  the  Confederate  States,  or  beyond  them,  the  said 
articles,  aud  the  ship,  boat  or  other  water  craft,  wagon,  carriage  or 
ether  vehicle,  with  the  slaves  and  animals  that  may  be  employed  or 
cpjlected  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  therein,  shall  be  forfeited,  and 
all  persons,  their  aiders  and  abettors,  on  conviction  of  being  in- 
terested or  concerned  in  the  enterprise,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  guilty 
of  a  high  misdemeanor,  and  punishablo  by  such  fine  or  imprison- 
ment, or  both,  as  the  court  may  impose. 

Sec.  3.  Thifc  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  put  on  board  any  ship, 
boat,  vessel  or  other  water  craft,  or  upon  any  wagon,  cart,  carriage 
or  other  vehicle  for  transportation  or  conveyance  as  aforesaid,  any 
of  the  articles  aforesaid,  unless  a  permit  be  previously  obtained 


from  some  officer  of  the  Confederate  States  specially  authorized  to 
grant  the  same,  particularly  describing  the  article?  thus  to  be  laden, 
and   the   ship,  '       craft,   wagon,  carriage,   cart  or 

other  is  to  be  transported,  and  until 

bond  Bhall  be  given  that  the  same  shall  be  conveyed  and  trans- 
ported to  the  place  of  destination,  under  such  conditions  and  re- 
gulations, and  for  sue  -  hall  be  prescribed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, under  tli                 ion  of  this  act. 

.  4.  That  the  collectors  of  all  the  districts  of  the  Confede- 
rate States,  and  such  other  officers  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
President  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  have  power  and  authority 
to  take  into  their  custody  any  of  the  articles  before  mentioned 
found  on  any  ship,  boat  or  other  water  craft,  when  there  is  reason 
to  believe  that  they  are  intended  lor  exportation,  or  when  in  ves- 
sels, carts  or  wagons,  or  any 'other  carriage  or  \  chicle  whatsoever, 
or  in  any  manner  apparently  on  their  way  towards  the  territories 
of  a  foreign  nation,  or  towards  the  territory  of  the  Confederate 
States  iu  the  occupation  of  the  United  States,  or  the  vicinity  thereof, 
or  towards  a  place  whence  such  articles  arc  intended  to  he  exported, 
and  not  to  permit  the  same  to  he  removed  until  bond  shall  be  given, 
with  satisfactory  sureties,  that  no  violation  of  this  act,  and  the  re- 
gulations under  the  same,  is  intended. 

.  5.  That  the  powers  granted  by  this  act  to  the  revenue  or 
other  officers  of  the  Confederate  States,  under  this  act,  to  allow  or 
refuse  exportation  of  the  articles  before  mentioned,  or  for  the 
seizure  or  retention  of  any  of  the  said  articles,  shall  be  exercised 
in  conformity  with  such  instructions  as  the  President  may  give,  " 
through  the  Departments  of  War  and  of  the  Treasury  ;  which  in- 
structions may  impose  conditions  to  the  destination  and  sale  of  the 
same,  and  the  investment  of  the  proceeds  of  the  same,  or  a  portion 
thereof,  in  military  or  other  supplies  for  the  public  service  ;  which 
instructions  such  officers  shall  be  bound  to  obey  ;  and  if  any  action 
or  suit  shall  be  brought  against  any  such  officer  or  officers,  or  their 
agents,  he  or  they  may  plead  the  general  issue;  and  upon  proof, 
of  a  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  of  the  regula- 
tions aud  instructions  of  the  President,  he  or  they  shall  be  ab- 
solved from  all  responsibility  therefor  :  and  any  person  aggrieved 
by  any  of  the  acts  of  any  of  the  officers  or  agents  aforesaid,  may 
file  his  petition  before  the  district  court  of  the  district  in  which 
such  officer  or  agent  resides  ;  "aud  after  due  notice  to  him,  and  to 
the  district  attorney,  the  said  court  may  proceed  summarily  to  hear 
and  determine  thereupon  as  law  and  justice  may  require  :  and  the 
judgment  of  the  said  court,  and  the  reasons  therefor,  shall  be  filed 


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among  the  records  of  the  court ;  and  in  case  any  release  shall  be 
granted,  the  judge  may  impose  such  conditions,  as  to  giving  bond 
and  security,  as  may  in  his  opinion  be  necessary  to  secure  this  act 
from  violation  ;  and  in  case  of  refusal,  may  impose  double  or  treble 
costs  upon  the  petitioner,  if  circumstances  warrant  it:  provided, 
that  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  Confede- 
rate. States,  or  any*%f  thorn,  from  exporting  any  of  the  articles 
herein*  enumerated,  on  their  own  account. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  exclusive  jurisdiction  is  conferred  upon  the 
district  courts  of  the  Confederate  States  of  all  suits  or  actions  that, 
may  arise  under  this  act  in  behalf  of  the  Confederate  States,  its 
officers  and  agents  for  the  recover}-  of  all  tines,  penalties  and  for- 
feitures imposed  in  the  same,  by  indictment,  information  or  action, 
according  to  the  practice  of  the  court  ;  and  the  distribution  of  the 
penalties  and  fines  shall  be  made  under  and  according  to  the  laws 
now  in  force  fir  violation  of  the" revenue  acts  ;  and  all  laws  for  the 
mitigation  and  remittance  of  penalties  and  forfeitures,  shall  be  ap- 
plied in  similar  ca«es. 

Sec.  7.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  officers 
•  as  he  may  designate,  to  employ  any  portion  of  tho  military  or  naval 
of  the  Confederacy,  or  of  the  militia,  to  prevent  the  illegal 
departure  of  any  ship,  vessel  or  other  water  craft,  or  for  detaining, 
taking  possession  of,  and  beeping  in  custody  the  same,  or  any 
wagon,  cart  or  'other  vehicle  heretofore  mentioned,  their  teams  and 
drivers,  and  their  products  aforesaid,  and  to  suppress  and  disperse 
any  assembly  of  persons  who  may  resist  the  execution  of  this  act, 
or  oppose  tho  fulfillment,  by  the  officers,  of  the  duties  imposed  by 
the  same. 

Sec.  8.   That  this  act  shall  expire  on  the  day  of  the  ratification 
of  a  tieaty  of  peace  with  the  United  States. 
Approved  February  6,  1864. 


REGULATIONS 

TO  CARRY  INTO  EFFECT  THE  ACT  TO  IMPOSE  REGU1  kTIONS 
UPON  THK  FOREIGN  COMMERCE  OF  Till.  CONFEDERATE 
STATES,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  PUBLIC  DEFENCE,  APPROV]  D 
6th  FEBRUARY,  1S64. 

I. — As  to  tin    i. 

1.  The  owners  of  any  vessel  intending^  sail  from  a  Confederate 
port  with  a  cargo  consisting  in  whole  or  part  of  cotton,  tobacco, 
military  and  naval  stores,  sugar,  molasses  <iv  ride,  shall,  before  tin- 
Jading  on  board  of  any  such  articles,  file  with  the  colli  ctor  of  the 
port  from  which  the  vessel  is  to  sail,  a  copy  of  her  register,  with  a 
declaration  of  the  names  of  the  owners  and  officers  thereof,  the 
place  of  their  birth,  and  of  their  resi.lenee  for  the  preceding  year, 
together  with  the  port  or  place  to  which  the  said  vessel  proposes  to 
paH.  The  said  declaration  shall  also  set  forth  the  quantity  and* 
value,  in  Confederate  currency,  of  the  cargo  proposed  to  be  taken 
out,  as  also  the  consent  of  the  said  owners,  that  one-half  of  the 
tonnage  of  the  said  vessel  may  be  employed  by  Ihe  Confederate 
government  for  its  own  use',  b  >th  on  the  outward  and  homeward 
voyage,  at  the  rate  of  freight  herein  after  mentioned.  The  collec- 
tor shall  submit  a  statement  as  to  the  owners  and  officers,  to  the 
military  commandant  of  the  port;  and  if  he  shall  not  object  to 
their  loyalty,  or  to  the  sailing  of  the  vessel,  for  reasons  of  military 
necessity,  the  collector  shall  gr-nnt  a  permit  for  the  lading  of  the 
said  vessel,  one-half  ior  account  of  the  owners,  and  one-half  for 
account. of  the  Confederate  States.    ' 

2.  Before  the  said 
vessel  shall  execute  to 
value  of  the  vessel,  with  security  deemed  adequate  bv  the  collector, 
conditioned  that  she  will  pursue  the  voyage  designated,  and  that 
she  will  ret'irn  with  reasonable  dispatch  to  a  Confederate  port,  after 
her  outward  cargo  shall  be  discharged,  with  a  cargo — consisting 
Ooi-'-alf  of  articles  not  prohibited  by  the  laws  of  Jha»£Jorfedc]  at< 
government,  and  the  other  half  of  such  articles  as  thvgovernment 

shall  offer  for  shipment  from  such  port,  at  the  rate  of  freight  here-  \ 

in  after  mentioned. 
3.  Each  shipper  of  any  portion  of  the  cargo  proposed  to  be  laden 


ading  shall  be  completed,  the  owners  «f  t,hc 
the  Confederate  States  a  bond  in  Uoulfte  tile 


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on  board  the  said  vessel  shall,  before  the  lading  thereof,  make  ap- 
plication to  the  collector  (or  a  permit  to  lade  the  same;  whiten 
application  shall  declare  the  articles  to  be  shipped,  and  the  quan- 
tity and  value  thereof  in  Confederate  currency,  the  port  of  destina-  . 
tion,  and  the  name  of  the  consignee.  A  permit  shall  then  he  granted 
by  the  collector,  if  the  application  is  deemed  satisfactory.  The 
lading  shall  he  had  under  the  inspection  of  a  revenue  officer,  who 
shall  be*  charged -with  the  duty  of  seeing  that  the  goods  laden 
conform  to  the  permit. 

4.vFeforc  the  completion  of  the  lading  on  hoard,  or  the  granting 
a  clearance,  each  shipper  of  any  portion  of  the  cargo  shall  execute 
and   deliver    to   the  collector  a    bond    to  the   Confederate  States,  in 
(!uuVi]i-'tlio  value  of  his  shipment  in  Confederate  money,  with  secu- 
rity deemed  adequate  by  the  collector,  with  condition  that  at  least 
one-half  the  net  proceeds  of  said  shipment  shall   he   invested    in 
-  or  articles  not  prohibited  hy  law:  and  said  goods  or  articles 
shall    he  shipped  by  the  same  or  some  other  vessel,  to  the  Confed- 
erate States,  within  sixty  days  from  the  unlading  of  said  cargo;  or 
that  the  said  half  of  the  net  proceeds  shall  be  paid  in  coin  orstcrl- 
.'  ing  exchange  to  the  proper  agent  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be 
reimbursed  to  the  shipper  by  the  delivery  to  him  of  cotton  at  the 
|  port    of  departure    in    the   Confederate  States,  at'  the  rate  of  ten) 
ice  sterling  per  pound  for  middling  uplands. 
.">.  The  freight  to  be  paid  by  the  Confederate  States  on  all  cotton 
and   tobacco  shipped  from  a  Confederate  port  shall  he  five  pence 
sterling  per  pound,  payable  on  delivery  at  the  port  of  destination. 
in  coin  or  sterling  exchange.     Return  freight  shall  be  at  the  rate 
£  of  £25  per  ton,  payable   on  its   delivery  in  a  Confederate  port,  in 
cotton,  at  ten  pence  sterling  per  pound  for  middling  uplands,  and 
at  a  proportionate  price  for  cotton  ot  other  qualities.     In  calcula- 
ting the  ton  of  freight  by  weight,  2,240  pounds  shall  be  allowed;' 
by  measure,  forty  cubic  feet  shall  be  allowed. 

G.  If  th"e  outward  bound  vessel    shall  consent,  at  the  request  of} 
vernment.  to  take  two-thirds  of  her  cargo  for  account  of  the^ 
Confederate. States,  the  outward  freight  shall  be  six  pence  sterling  ] 
per  pound  :   and  whenever   the  government  is  not   prepared  to  fill' 
up  any  portion  of  the  tonnage  reserved  for  its  use,  at  the  time  at  i 
which   any  vessel  may  be  made  ready  to  sail,  her  owners  may  fill 
Tup  the  same  on  their  own  account:  but  no  vessel   shall,  without, 
it  of  the  government,  sail  on  her  outward  voyage  until  one-; 
'third  of  her  cargo  shall  he  laden  for  the  use  of  the  government. 
7.  The  rates  of  freight  for  articles  other' than  cotton  and  tobacco, 


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thall   be   adjusted  "at   the  saiue   relative   rate,  aud  payable  in  the 
same'  way. 

government  reserve*  the  right  to  limit  or  prohibit  the 
shipment  of  rosin,  turpentine,  or  any  manufacture  thereof,  when- 
ever  deemed  dangerous  to  its  own  shipment, 

9.  l'i the  completion  of  the  lading  of  the  rose  1.  and  before 

receiving  her  clearance,  there  shall  be  delivered  to  the  collector, 
in  addition  to  the  usual  manifest,  another,  setting  forth  the  names, 
ages  and  description  ef  her  officers  and  crew,  and  of  every  "passen- 
ger intending  to  sail  in  her.  The  said  last  mentioned  mat 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  oommandant  of  the  port,  who  shall  therei 
upon"  cause  the  entire  vessel  to  be  searched;  and  if  satisfied  that 
tbe  '  arties  on  board  are  persons  who  may  safely  be  permitted  to 
lea\  e  the  Confederacy,  and  that  the  passengers  have  the  proper  pass- 
ports, lie  shall  certify  the  same  on  the  manifest,  and  return  the 
same  to  the  collector;  whereupon,  and  not  befrtre,  a  clearance  shall 
be  granted  to  the  vessel,  and  ho  shall  be  permitted  to  sail. 

10.  The  owners  of  each  vessel,  and  of  each  portion  of  a  cargo 
sailing  from  a  Confederate,  port,  shall  be  allowed  to  take  up  their 
respective  bonds,  by  producing. to  the  collector  the  certificate  of 
the  proper  agent  of  the  Confederate  government  at  the  port  of  de- 
livery, setting  forth  the  particulars,  showing  that  the  said  party 
has  complied  with  the  obligation  of  the  said  bond,  so  far  as  thu 
same  was  practicable  ;  and  the  collector,  upon  being  duly  satis- 
fied, shall  be  authorized  to  surrender  the  said  bonds. 

11.  Nothing  in  these  regulations  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
conflict  with  the  proviso  of  the  law  which  declares  "  that  nothing 
in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  Confederate  States, 
or  any  of  them,  from  exporting  any  of  the  articles  herein  enumer- 
ated on  their  own  accounjt,"  nor  shall  a  bond  be  -required  of  a 
State  in  any  case. 

12.  The  penalties  of  all  bonds  executed  in  conformity  with  these 
regulations,  shall  be  recoverable  in  full,  on  proof  of  breach  of  the. 
conditions  of  the  bond,  and  without  proof  of  any  damage  suffered 
by  the  Confederate  States  in  consequonce  of  such  breach  ;  and  all 
bonds  shall  be  executed  in  s*uch  form  as  to  give  effect  to  this  regu- 
lation. 

13.  Vessels  sent  into  the  Confederacy  for  the  purpose  of  export- 
ing cotton  received  in  payment  of  any  Confederate  bond  or  obliga- 
tion, shall  be  subject  to  these  regulations  only  so  far  as  relates 
to  such  portion  of  the  tonnage,  if  any,  as  may  remain  vacant  after 
the  lading  of  the  cotton  received  in  payment  as  aforesaid. 


14    The  regulations,  for  overland  commerce  witb  neutral  eoim- 
tries  will  be  issued  separately,  within  a  few  days. 

A^roved-  .  C.  G.  MEMMIXGER, 

Secretary  of  Treasury. 
JAMES  A.  SEDDOS, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Approved  March  5th,  18G4  : 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


Treasure  Department,  C.  S.  A. 

Richmond,  March  10,  1864. 

The  following  additional  regulations  pre  established  to  carry  out 
ilio  act  to  impose  regulations  upon  the  foreign  commerce  of  the 
('  mfederate  States,  and  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,  approved 
February  6,  1864 .   - 

/,  The  bond  required  by  the  jeeoud  article  of  the  Regulations  shall 
be  in  one-half  the  value  of  the  vessel ;  and  that  required  by  the 
fourth  article  shall  he  h  £c  value  of  th|^  shipment  :  and  the" 

i"ii r i t y  which  the  collcctor-Uiay  accept  may  be  either  personal  sc- 
ourity,  oi   a   mortgage  of  the  vessel,  or  a   transfer  of  the  bills 
lading,  or  of  cotton,  tobacco  or  Confederate  securities. 

2.  Whenever  any  vessel  .shall  bring  into  the  Confederate  States 
an  entire  cargo  for  account  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  owners 
of  the  said  vessel  am? the  shippers  of  her  cargo  shall  be  relieved 
from  the  bonds  previously  given,  to  inve?t  and  bring  in  one  half 
the  net  proceeds  of  her  outward  cargo;  and  the  certificate  of  the 
agent  of  the  treasury  department  at  the  port  of  lading,  that  such 
cargo  was  duly  shipped  in  pursuance  of  the  Regulations,  shall  au-  - 
thoiize  the  collector  to  cancel  and  surrender  the  said  bonds. 

Apprcved  March  16,  1804: 

C.  G.  MEMMlNGEli, 

Secretary  of  Treasury. 
JAMES  A.  SEDDON, 

Secretary  of  War. 
Approved  March  17,  1864: 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


ADDITIONAL  REGULATIONS. 

TO  CARRY  INTO  EFFECT  THE  ACT  ENTITLED  AN  ACT  TO  IM- 
POSE REGULATIONS  I  PON  THE  FOREIGN  COMMERCE  OF  THE 
CONFEDERATE  STATES,  TO   PROVIDE  FOR  THE  PUBLIC  DE- 
JCE,  APPROVED   6th  FEBRUARY,  1864. 

II. —  Overland 

1.  The  owner  of  any  wagon,  cart  or  vehicle,  or  of  any  boat  Of 
other  vessel,  and  of  any  horses,  mules  or  other  animals  employed 
in  transporting  cotton,  feobaoco  or  naval  stores  from  the  Confederacy 
to  Mexico,  shall,  before  receiving  any  article  foi  transportion,  re- 
quire of  the  the  owner  thereof  the  cellector's  permit  for  its  exporta- 
tion, sis  herein  alter  set  forth  :  an. I  shall,  before  loading  any  article 
■for  transportation,  present  to  the  military  commander  of  the  de- 
partment, or  officer  assigned  by  him  to  thatQduty,  a  declaration 
setting  forth  a  full  description  of  all  the  vehicles,  vesiels  and  ani- 
mals to  be  used  by  him,  and  their  value  in  Confederate  currency, 
and  the  names  and  value  of  the  slaves,  if  any.  employed  as  team- 
sters, or  otherwise,  in  his  business  of  transportation  ;  and  the 
names  ami  such  other  particulars  as  may  be  required,  of  the  free 

:is  so  employed,  and  the  point  of  departure,  the  route  to  be 
pursued,  and  the  place  of  destination  ;  and  the  commander  or  other 
officer  as  aforesaid  shall,  if  satisfied  of  the  loyalty  and  fidelity  of 
the  applicant,  and  that  the  application  may  be  safely  grautcd,  en- 
dorse thereon  his  consent  and  approval,  and  grant  a  license  to  the 
applicant  as  a  public  carrier  of  exports  to  Mexico  for  the  single 
trip,  or  for  any  length  ef  time,  not  exceeding  one  year,  that  may 
be  deemed  pro] 

2.  Any  person  desiring  to  export  to  Mexico  overland  any  cotton, 
tobacco,  or  r.aval  stores,  shall,  before  placing  the  same  on  any 
wagon,  cart  or  other  vehicle,  or  pack-mule  or  other  animal,  or  on 
b  uird  any  boat  or  vessel,  present  to  the  military  commander  of  tlTe 
department  whence  the  merchandise  is  to  be  exported,  or  to  the 
officer  assigned  by  him  as  aforesaid,  a  declaration  stating  the 
quantity  and  value  in  Confederate  currency  of  the  articles  he  pro- 
poses to  export,  the  name  ot  the  iicensed -carrier  to  be  employed  by 
him,  the  point  of  departure,  the  route  to  be  pursued,  the  name  of 
the  consignee  and  the  place  of  destination  in  the  neutral  country; 

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and  if  the  officer  to  whom  tlie  application  is  made  shall  bo  satisfied 
of  the  loyalty  and  fidelity  of  the  applicant  and  that  tbe  permission 

may  i  ranted,  lie  shall   endorse  on  the  application  his  'ap- 

proval. 

3.  The  applicant  shall,  before  loading  the  merchandise  which 
he  intends  to  export,  file  with  the  collector  of  the  district,  whence 
the  exportation  is  to  be  made,  his  application  endorsed  .is  aforesaid, 
and  shall  execute  and  deliver  to  him  a  bond  to  the  Confederate 
States,  with  security  deemed  adequate  by  the  collector,  in  BO 
amount  double  the  value  in  Confederate  money,  cf  the  merchan- 
dise embraced  in  his  application,  with  condition  that  at  least  one- 
halfrtbe  net  proceeds  of  said  merchandise  at  the  place  of  destination 
shall  be  invested  in  goods  and  merchandise  not  prohibited  by  law. 
and  that  said  goods  and  merchandise  shall  be  brought  into  the 
Confederate  States  within  sixty  days  after  the  delivery  of  thi 
ported  articles  ar  their  place  of  destination  in  Mexico  ;  and  the 
collector  shall  thereupon  deliver  to  the  applicant  a  permit  to  load 
the  articles  embraced  in  said  application. 

1.  No  licensed  carrier  shall  depart  on  the  trip  for  which  permits 
have  been  granted,  uptil  he  shall  have  delivered  to  the  collector  of 
customs  a  manifest  verified  by  his  oath,  setting  forth  the  name-  of 
all  owners  of  the  cotton  or  other  articles  which  be  is  about  te  cany. 
and  the  quantity  received  from  each  owner,  and  shall  have  obtained 
from  the  collector  a  clearance  authorizing  his  departure. 

5.  The  military  commander  of  any  department  from  which  ex- 
ports are  conveyed  to  Mexico,  shall  establish,  by  General  Orders 
to  be  published  by  him,  as  many  convenient  points  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  assemblage  and  departure  of  all  vehicles  or  means 
of  transportation  used  in  the  business,  and  detail  officers  for  the 
examination,  search  and  seizure  of  all  vehicles,  teams,  and  slaves 
employed  as  drivers,  whenever  engaged  in  the  infraction  or  inva- 
sion of  these  Regulations,  or  the  law  which  they  are  intended  to 
enforce. 

ti.  All  vehicles,  animals,  slaves,  or  other  means  of  transportation, 
and  all  cotton  or  other  articles  that  may  he  seized,  whether  by  the 
officers  of  the  revenue  or  by  military  authorities,  fjr  any  violation 
or*  law  or  of  these  Regulations,  shall  bT>,  without  any  waste,  spolia- 
tion, impressment,  or  injury  of  any  kind,  forthwith  conveyed  and 
delivered  to  the  nearest  marshal  or  deputy  marshal  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  and  a  detailed  receipt  taken  from  him.  setting  forth  a 
full  description  of  the  property  seized  and  delivered  to  him  for  safe 
custody.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  marshal  or  deputy  mar* 
Bhal  to  keep  the  property  SO  surrendered   in  safe  custody  tmtil  the 


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farther  order  of  the  judge  or  a  commissioner  of  a  district  court-of 

the  Confederate  States  having  jurisdiction  of  the  subject  matter  ; 
and  the  said  marshal  or  deputy  "marshal  shall  forthwith,  upon  the 
receipt  by  him  of  the  property  seized,  give  information  to  the  col- 
lector of  the  district  or  to  the  district  attorney,  or  both,  if  practi- 
.  of*  all  the  facts  in  relation  to  the  seizure  of  .the  property 
and  its  delivery  to  him  for  safe  keeping. 

7.  No  military  authority  shall  presume,  under  any  chvunistanees, 
i  ;  >  property,  while  being. carried  under  the  provisions  of  the 
law,  and  of  the  for  any  other  cause  khan  a  violation 

of  said  provisions,  nor  in  case  of  seizure,  to  dispose  of  the  property 
I,  in  any  other  manner  than  that  prescribed  in  the  foregoing 
Regulations.  But  in  oases  where  there  is  great  risk  of  the  pro- 
falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  it  shall  be  competent 
for  the  proper  military  authorities  to  require  the  licensed  carrier 
to  suspend  his  trip  till  the  danger  he  passed,  or  to  pursue  a  differ- 
ent loiite  from  that  originally  designated,  or  e»en  in  cases  of 
imminent  danger,  to  abandon  the  trip. 

The  bonds  to  be  taken  under  these  Regulations  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  the  provisions  of  the  twelfth  regulafon  relative  to  exporta- 
tions  by  sea  ;  ami  said  bonds  may  be  taken  up  on  the  production 
to  the  collector  of  satisfactory  evidence  that  the  party  has  coinplied 
with  the  conditions  of  the  bond  as  far  as  practicable. 
Approved  : 

C.  G.  MEMMINGER, 

relary  of  Treasury. 
JAMES  A.  SEDDQN, 

S>  cretary  of.  War. 
Approved  March  11.   1864: 

JEEFERSON  DAVIS. 


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Richmond,  Va.,  April  10,  lt*04. 

General  Orders  No.  43. 

I.  By  i!ie  provisions  of  an  aot  of  Congress  en- 
titled "An  act  to  impute  regulations  upon  the 
foieign  commerce  or  the  Confederate  8'atea.to 
provide  for  the  common  defence'-  approved  ft; 
February,  1804,  the  exportation  of  cotton,  tobacco, 
military  and  naval  stores,  sugar,  molasses  and 
rice,  from  tho  Confederate  States,  except  under 
such  uniform  regulations  as  might  be  made  by  the 
President,  was  prohibited.  And  the  President 
was  autli  jrized  to  employ  any  portion  of  the  mil 
itary  and  naval  forces  of  the  Confederacy  in  order 
to  prevent  the  departure  of  any  vessols  or  vehi- 
cles that  might  be  employed  in  carrying  on  a  com- 
merce in  these  articles  contrary  to  law. 

II.  The  commanding  generals  of  departments 
and  districts  will  Issue  orders  and  instructions  to 
iheir  ..ftiuers,  that  wherever  iteball  reasonably  ap 
pear  that  any  vessel  or  vehicle  Ins  been  laden,  lu 
whole  or  in  part,  with  any  of  the  said  article?  for 
exportation  or  conveyance  beyond  the  limits  ol 
the  Confederacy,  or  to  any  place  within  the  Con- 
federacy not  under  the  oiutrol  of  thfir  civil  or 
military  authorities,)  ud  whenever  there  l«  ro  sou 
to  believe  that  any  ol  the  articles  aforesaid  huve 
been  so  laden,  or  have  besn  collected  at  any 
plaoe  of  deposited  wih  a  view  to  exportation  or 
conveyance  beyond  the  limits  or  lines  aforesaid, 
to  eleze  and  detain  the  same  with  the  venlcles, 
teams  and  slaves  employed,  that  lnvesti 
may  be  had  according  to  the  conditions  of  the  act 
aforesaid,  and  these  orders, unless  the  owners,  oi 
his  agent  or  bailee,  has  a  permit  from  tbe  collec- 
tor of  the  revenue,  or  from  an  oflicer  of  this  de- 
partment who  may  be. authorized  to  grant  such 
licenses. 

IH.  The  conditions  upon  whleh  the  trade  by 
sea  or  overland  to  Mexico  can  bo  carried  on  hair* 
been  determined  by  the  regulations  of  the  Presi- 
dent, aud  any  exportation,  or  attempt  to  export 
any  of  the  unities  aieresaid,  C'  nlrary  to  these 
regulations,  will  authorize  rne  detention  of  the 
vessel  or  other  instruments  of  transport. 

IV;  "When  a  deposite  of  the  prohibited  articles 
is  made  at  a  point  ir  .m  which  e*  y  I  cco.s  lo  tiie 
lines  can  be  ob'ained,  oi  are  on  a  vehicle  appar 
ent'y  on  the  way  to  their  line*,  or  In  the  vicinity 
thereof,  oi  whoa  the  owner  is  not  a  permanent 
resident  of  Ihe  place  where  the  articles  arc  found 
and  from  whii  h  they  can  easily  he  transported  be- 
yond the  lines, or  is  asusplcious  person,  detention 
of  the  articles  and  vehblee  for  Inquiry  will  be 
made. 

V.  All  vehicles,  animals, slaves  or  other  mean? 
of  transportation,  and  all  couon  or  other  uruoleb 
that  may  be  seiaed,  whether  by  the  i  Ulcers  of  the 
revenue  or  by  military  authorities,  for  any  viola- 
tion ot  law  or  oi  these  regulations,  shall  be,wiih- 
out  was'.e,  spoli*tion,  impresfment  or  injury  ol 
any  kind,  forthwith  conveyed  and  delivered  lo  the 
nearest  marshal  or  deputy  marshal  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  aid  a  dt lulled  reoeipt  taken  from 
him,  touiug  forth  a  full  descrlpiion  of  the  prop- 
erly seized  and  delivered  to  him  tor  safe  cus  ouy. 
And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  marshal  or  dopu 
ty  maihalto  keep  the  property  so  surrendered  in 
safe  custody  until  the  further  order  of  the  Judge 
or  a  commissioner  of  a  District  Court  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  hating  jurisdiction  of  the  sub- 
ject matter  ;  and  the  suid  marshal  or  deputy  mar- 
shal shall  forthwith,  upon  the  receipt  by  him  of  Ibi 
property  seized,  give  informal  on  to  the  collector 
of  the  district,  or  lo  the  Distriot  Attorney,  or  to 
both  If  practicable,  of  all  the  facts  In  relation  to 
the  telzure  of  the  property,  and  Its  delivery  to 
him  for  sale  keeping. 

VI.    No   mllliury  authority  shall   presume  Under 
any  cttcunisiances   to  selzo   piopeity,    while    celii* 
carried  under  the  provisions  ot  the  law,  and  ot  thee* 
resolutions   lor  any  other  cauhe  ih«n    i 
said  provisions,  nor  la  case  of  se 
the  properly   seized  In   uny  other   ujun.. 
prescribed  In  the  foreftoliiK  regulation, 
wutre  there  Is  great  rl  k  ol  the    property  t'.ilMu  Into 
the  hands  of  '.he  enemy,  It  shall  be  compiu  ul 
proper  military  authorities   to  require    tlio 
carrier  to  suspend  his  Mp  till  ttio  dang 
or  to  pursue  a  dltterent  n.ute  trom  that  originally  de- 
signated, or  even  In  caoes  of  to-iuilueut  clanger  to 
abandon  the  trip, 

VII.  Information  will  be  given  from  time  to 
time  from  this  Department  lo  the  commanding 
Qanoralsof  the  conditions  on  which  transporta- 
tion by  land  may  be  made. 

By  order,       S.  8.  COOPER, 

Adjutant  and  Inspector  General. 
Approved  JAMES   A.  SEDDON, 

Secretary  of  War. 
By  command  of 

Geu'I  E  Kirdy  Smith, 

S.  8.  ANDERSON. 
[Official,]        J.  E.SLAUdHTBR.  Brig. Gen'land 

Chief  of  Staff. July2d2t 

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